Local author Toni Aleo hit the New York Times and USA Today e-bestseller lists with her latest hockey romance, 'Blue Lines.'

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Andy-Lee Fry
For The Leaf-Chronicle

Toni Aleo is big in Croatia. That's not something many people can say, and it was as much a surprise to her as anyone else. But the Clarksville author has started to make waves domestically, and it's looking as though she'll soon be just as big on the home turf.

Aleo's series of romance books, centered on players on her fictional Nashville Assassins hockey team, has been gaining a solid fan base since the first title, "Taking Shots," was released in 2011.

"It's a hockey romance series. Each story is about a different couple," she said of the concept. "The guys are hockey players. I have a big love for ...